Using DeployStudio on a network

…Now that we've created our master from a volume, we…can use that master to restore via multicast or unicast.…Let's start by showing unicast.…If I click Play, it will enter us into the first segment of the workflow.…Now, since this is a one segment workflow, this is all we've got.…And so, we can see the indeterminate progress…bar going all the way across the progress screen.…All we need to do is select the Image, select the target, and hit Play.…And that is it.…Everything is the same, as it would be…if we were locally connected over a hard drive.…

The difference is, we're doing this Net-booted across the network.…Now, if I go back, we can look at the multicast process.…The difference primarily, between unicast and multicast in the interface, anyway, is…that when you hit Play, suddenly you have this available over here.…Enable multicast restore.…But notice we have a start-up trigger control and a…timeout control, and we can individually, as we're running it.…Choose to pause the work flow until a multicast…has completed and the ASR stream has shut down.…

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7/16/2014

Faced with deploying a Macintosh network of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of computers? Imaging your systems can help. Imaging saves you time and gives your users a consistent experience at every workstation. Sean Colins has been performing system admin tasks like imaging for nearly twenty years. Here, he shares his techniques for creating a master image you can deploy throughout your organization. These include restoring a Mac to a standard configuration, with or without a network; one-to-one deployments; building a portable hard drive that will help you troubleshoot issues on the go; rebooting troubled systems over the network; and adopting a modular workflow that will save you time building masters.